Mistweavers who want to melee a lot will do more dps with a staff (though caster staves do less damage than melee staves), but we can make sure the healing is the same whether using a staff or a healer mace / dagger / sword.

It's also not the end of the world if healer monks slightly prefer staves, since not all healers want staves.

As you can see, if you(as a mistweaver monk) already have Gustwalker Staff, and are thinking about upgrading to the PvP staff for PvE, don't bother, it differs so little. You would most likely get more bang for the buck buying some other PvP item for the conquest points if you are intent on doing so for PvE purposes.

BoA inscription staff is a good option before you can get the Raidfinder staff, but it requires 20x daily cooldowns to make, and will no doubt be very expensive. On the pluss side, you can just send it to an alt when you do get an upgrade, or deliver it as a quest item to get some of the mats back.

With the introduction of PvP power (which increase healing/damage done in PvP zones), and the old familiar Resilience (which reduce damage you take from other players), its really hard to say if the Raidfinder staff (with or without gem) will be seen at all in the Arena scene this season. I suspect that with the new PvP power stat, legendaries(yes, I know its just a gem now) will be a thing of the past in the PvP world.

Comment by gorocz

Costs 3500 Conquest points and requires the player to have gained at least 7250 Conquest points during the season.

Can be upgraded to Elite version for another 3500 Conquest points when you have gained 15700 Conquest points during the season and have at least 2200 rated battleground rating or 2200 personal and team arena rating in 3v3 or 5v5.

Comment by Shredsmore

Looks quite a bit like a broken chaos icon from WH40k.

Comment by TristessaLS

March 05, 2013 - Contrary to what you are reading here, this item is still IN GAME and sold by Hayden Christophen for 3500 honor. It is available after you have earned 7270 honor in the current season (13).

Comment by TristessaLS

March 05, 2013 - Contrary to what you are reading here, this item is still IN GAME and sold by Hayden Christophen for 3500 honor. It is available after you have earned 7270 honor in the current season (13).